Police Officers And Their Wives Were Detained By The Bengkulu Kejari After The Delegation Of The Second Phase Of Files
BENGKULU - The Bengkulu District Attorney's Office detained BA and his wife LE after the investigation team of the Criminal Investigation Unit for Women and Children (PPA) of the Bengkulu Police handed over the dossier of the case of mistreatment of domestic assistants to the Public Prosecutor of the Bengkulu Kejari.Head of the Bengkulu Public Prosecutor's Team, Jumita Triana, said the detention was in accordance with instructions from the Head of the Bengkulu District Attorney's Office, Yunitha Arifin."Strictly, according to the instructions of the Bengkulu Kajari after receiving the second phase of delegation from the Bengkulu Police PPA unit investigators, we as the Public Prosecutor's team detained the two suspects in the alleged abuse of household assistants," said Jumita in Bengkulu City, Antara, Tuesday, September 6.He explained that the two suspects were detained by the Public Prosecutor for the next 20 days in the Bengkulu Police detention cell. The reason for the detention is to facilitate the trial process because it is feared that the two suspects fled and lost evidence.The two suspects abused YA, a resident of North Bengkulu Regency who worked as a household assistant at the residence of the two suspects.In a report by the police, the victim admitted that he received treatment from the two suspects in the form of beatings and pouring hot water and others.The victim has been working at the suspect's house since December 2021 and the persecution has been carried out since June 2022.As a result of the actions carried out by the suspects, they were subject to Article 44 paragraph 2 subsidiary Article 44 paragraph 1 of Law Number 23 of 2004 concerning the abolition of domestic violence junto Article 64 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code with a penalty of 10 years in prison.